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We travel to hard-hit Bertie County where residents and business owners are sifting through their belongings ruined by floodwaters. We speak with people who are now homeless, and relief workers on the ground assisting residents on the lengthy road to recovery.

Eastern North Carolina has been experiencing unusual weather this winter – Christmas Day marked record breaking warm temperatures. A couple of weeks later, there were reports of snow flurries and temperatures dipping into the middle 20's. The unsteady conditions felt throughout the nation has been attributed to El Nino. Chris Thomas has more on how it’s affected, and may affect, the region.

Officials from the National Weather Service are surveying damage today in Beaufort and Hyde counties to determine the strength of yesterday’s tornado that severely damaged eight homes and hospitalized five people. Jared Brumbaugh has more.

The hardest hit of yesterday’s storm, around the town of Belhaven on Beech Ridge Road. John Pack is Director of Beaufort County Emergency Services.

“we think there were the possibly of two tornadoes. One may have not touched the ground, the other one definitely did.”

It's been an unusually active winter season with four snow storms so far. We speak with local meteorologists about the reason why we're experiencing an increase in winter weather and find out what impacts the snow could have on our homes and vehicles.

An excessively wet and rainy June has damaged some crops in Eastern North Carolina. Lee Jenkins has more on the extent of the damage and what effect it may have on the consumer.

Despite what the Luke Bryan song says, rain isn’t always a good thing, especially when there is a lot of it. Typically, counties in Eastern North Carolina receive around four inches of rain during the month of June, but this year, most counties have received eight inches or more. National Weather Service meteorologist John Elardo says the coastal plain experienced the heaviest downpours.